regulations about transfer

Article 3.

a) A student who is currently enrolled in a graduate program of higher education at METU or another institution and has successfully completed at least one semester, upon submitting all required documents before the deadline, may transfer to a graduate program at any level at METU upon the recommendation of the department administration and with the approval of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School. The decision taken will also include eligibility for exemption from some course requirements of the graduate program. Students who transfer to METU from another university must be successful in the METU English Proficiency Exam or in an equivalent English examination (according to the criteria indicated in Article 2, clause c). The credit equivalency for students who transfer from universities where the length of a semester is different from METU is determined by the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School.

b) For masters students to transfer to a doctoral program, they must apply at the end of the second semester and fulfill the high success requirements specified for each program by the department administration. The minimum requirements for transfer are as follows: a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in undergraduate study, the completion of a minimum of 6 courses, an 18-credit course load, and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.50 in masters program. When the masters cumulative grade point average is at least 3.80, the criteria related to the undergraduate cumulative grade point average is not required.

c) Students who have been admitted to a doctoral program with a Bachelor's degree and have successfully completed a minimum of 7 courses can transfer to a graduate program. The conditions of those whose transfer applications have been accepted will be confirmed by the recommendation of the department administration and the decision of the Administrative Committee of the Graduate School.